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Published by Independently published, 2020
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
paperback. Condition: Fine.
Published by Nrf Gallimard Série Noire, Paris, 1955
Seller: Librairie Thé à la page, Montélimar, France
Couverture souple. Condition: Assez bon. Nrf Gallimard Série Noire, 1955. 1 volume format In-12 correct 1 vol in-12 cartonnage éditeur jaune et noir, état d'usage, dos consolidé.
Condition: bon état. format in-12 cartonné sans jaquette - n° 284 de la collection SERIE NOIRE.
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. 1st printing, May 1956; #1286. Cover art is uncredited. Creasing; tanning; light lean; edge nicks and wear.
Published by Signet/New American Library, 1956
Seller: zenosbooks, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
paperback. 1st edition. New York. 1956. May 1956. Signet/New American Library. 1st Signet Paperback Edition. Good in Worn Wrappers With a Piece Coming Off Near The Bottom Spine. 127 pages. paperback. 1286. keywords: Mystery Vintage Paperbacks. FROM THE PUBLISHER - DEADLY ROMANCE: Framed ex-cop thirsting for revenge . Luscious Blonde with a sinister secret . Put them together and watch out for the explosion! Here's a spine-chilling, violent story of a cop kicked off the force and determined to clear his name, and a rich girl who desperately needed his help but wouldn't tell all she knew. inventory #37002 Good in Worn Wrappers With a Piece Coming Off Near The Bottom Spine.
Published by T.V. Boardman, 1956
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Good. 1956. First Edition. 192 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Colour illustrated dust jacket over orange cloth boards with black lettering to spine and front. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Binding remains firm. Crinkling to gutters. Front endpaper is missing. Pages are moderately tanned throughout. Thumb marking present. Tape marks to pastedowns. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. There is bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Tanning to spine and edges. Lettering is darkened. Book has a slight forward lean. Tape marks to boards. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. Tanning to spine and edges. Top and bottom edges trimmed.
N° 284 - cartonnage éditeur avec jaquette - 1955 - 183p - Ed. nrf. Gallimard - coll. Série Noire bon état.
Published by Signet Books. New York: New American Library., 1956
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Paperback. first edition. 1286 very good, creases paperback,
1st prtg. #1286. PB. VG. Light/lightly chipped readers crease; a little raised edge/crnr wear & soiling detract lightly; light-mod. edge brwnd leaves.
Couverture rigide. Condition: Satisfaisant. Pas de jaquette. Coll. Série noire, pages jaunies, (120x185 cm), 183p.
Condition: EC. Paris, cartonnage de l'éditeur; in-12, 183 pp. N°284.
Publication Date: 1955
Seller: Démons et Merveilles, Joinville, France
1955. Livre en état correct / convenable. Pages jaunies. ATTENTION jaquette absente. Livre relié couverture cartonnée. Etat correct.
Published by E. P. Dutton & Co. , Inc., New York, 1955
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. DJ has creasing to the front lower portion, edge wear, light foxing, and is now in a mylar cover. DJ spine ends have been taped on the outside. Front cover of book has some scuffing, probably from label removal. Page ends are lightly browned. Owner's name written on DJ front, on top of the white letters of the title.
Published by New York: Signet, (1956.), 1956
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition - First paperback printing. The author's first book with a cover blurb by dedicatee Mickey Spillane (who was a 'service buddy' of the author) "The kind of book I go for." Signet 1286. cover price 25 cents. Good only (spine slant), but the cover art - a great exampleof the 'good girl' art - is bright and attractive.
Condition: BE. Paris, cartonnage de l'éditeur; in-12, 183 pp. N°284.
Condition: EC. Paris, cartonnage de l'éditeur; in-12, 183 pp. N°284.
Published by Signet Books/New American Library., NY., 1956
Seller: BRIAN MCMILLAN, BOOKS, Traer, IA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. #1351. Paperback. 127pp. Cv art by Robert Maguire. Rem marks on btm edges of leaves else G+ wi/light-mod browned leaves wi/a couple leaves wi/small/open margin tears. Splitting internally though no loose leaves. Externally about vg wi/light-mod spine edge wear.
Published by Signet, N.Y., 1956
Seller: MURDER BY THE BOOK, Warwick, RI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Pictorial Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. Maguire, Robert (cover) (illustrator). First Printing. 1st paperback printing, May 1956. Signet #1286 [.25 cover price]. Vintage Paperback. GGA cover by Robert Maguire according to Wikepedia. Reading crease, small crease at rear corner else a near fine, bright, tight copy of The author's first book. A cover blurb by Mickey Spillane , who had met two younger writers, Earle Basinsky and Charlie Wells, while in the service and who would become his protégés; each publishing two hardboiled-noir novels in the Spillane style in the early 1950s. Spillane's blurb "The kind of book I go for.". Vintage Paperback.
Published by Serie noire nrf gallimard, 1955
Seller: Librairie Lire et Chiner, Colmar, ALSAC, France
Condition: BE. Paris, cartonnage de l'éditeur; in-12, 183 pp. N°284.
Published by Serie noire Nrf Gallimard, 1955
Seller: Librairie La cabane aux bouquins, Hanvec, France
Book
Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. Jaquette un peu abimée,rousseurs, affranchissement philatelique la plupart du temps,envoi soigné.
Paperback. Condition: Fine-. #1286, May, First Printing. 127pp. Photos on request. Size: Mass Market.
Published by E.P. Dutton, New York, 1955
Seller: Avalon Books, Stockton, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Light, minor wear.
Published by E.P. Dutton, 1955
Seller: Black Cat Books, Shelter Island, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Hard bound in dust jacket. Minor wear to dust jacket, otherwise very good.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. AP2 - A first edition (stated with same date) hardcover book in good condition in good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has wrinkling, chipping, crease, some tears and few open tears on the edges and corners, moderate tear with wrinkling and crease on the back top right corner, some chipping on the sides, tanning and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners and dents, some chipping and few small tears on the cover edges and corners, lightly darkened page edges, gap on the hinge between pages 128 and 129, light tanning and shelf wear. A Dutton Guilt Edge Mystery. Although not marked in any way, this copy comes from the personal collection of Otto Penzler, legendary editor and founder of the Mysterious Press, an award-winning icon in the genre. 7.75"x5.25", 192 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Earle Morris Basinsky, Jr. was an American crime novelist and protégé of Mickey Spillane. He wrote two novels, 1955's The Big Steal and 1956's Death is a Cold, Keen Edge, and five short stories. Basinky was born in 1921 in Vicksburg, Mississippi to Earle Basinsky, Sr., and Aline Basinsky. He attended law school at the University of Mississippi in 1939 but left in 1942 to join the Army Air Corps. While stationed in Greenwood, Mississippi for pilot training, he met and befriended Mickey Spillane, who was then in Greenwood serving in the Army. He married Mary Johanna Poehlmann in 1945. After the war, he moved briefly to Brooklyn, New York, where he worked with Spillane. In 1946, apparently during his time with Spillane in New York, Basinsky published two short stories in comic books: "Killer's Choice" in Vic Verity, and "Knife Act" in Don Fortune Magazine. He returned to Vicksburg and worked at his father's printing shop, but was encouraged to return to writing when Spillane visited in 1953. Like Charlie Wells and David A. Gerrity, Basinsky benefitted from Spillane's friendship and advice as a more seasoned author, as well as a connection to publishers. As he did with several other young writers, Spillane supported Basinsky's work with encouragement and cover blurbs praising Basinsky on his novels. Spillane also put in a good word to Basinsky's future publisher E.P. Dutton, writing that "This is my buddy 's book. He was there when I, the Jury was written." Basinsky's first novel was 1955's The Big Steal, about a policeman who spirals down a dark path after being falsely accused of stealing ransom money. After losing both his job and his wife, he tracks down the real villain and gets violent revenge. A 1955 review of The Big Steal in Saturday Review called it an "incredible windup." The Big Steal was translated into French and published by the Serie Noire imprint as Le Magot. In 1956, his second novel, Death Is a Cold, Keen Edge, was released. It follows a psychopathic World War II veteran on a murder spree. The original cover illustrations of Basinsky's novels, done by artist Robert Maguire, have been called some of "the most evocative and memorable of the period" by Lee Server, author of the Encyclopedia of Pulp Fiction Writers. Critical appraisals of Basinsky's books ranged from positive to unenthusiastic. Critic Bill Pronzini, in 1001 Midnights: The Aficionado's Guide To Mystery and Detective Fiction, called Basinsky's novels "vivid (and) idiosyncratic." In Pronzini's later book Gun in Cheek: An Affectionate Guide to the "Worst" in Mystery Fiction, he said that Basinsky was better than his fellow Spillane protégés in that he shared his mentor's "knack for raw and stomach-churning violence," but that his writing was also cliche-ridden and narratively clumsy, with "a shameless desire to wax poetic every now and then." Anthony Boucher, writing in the June 26, 1955 New York Times Book Review, noted that The Big Steal's dedication read "For Mickey Spillane, who insisted, and for Nathan Jr., who suffered," and, instead of reviewing the book, simply stated that "personally, I'm on Nathan Jr.'s side." Basinsky also published three s.
Published by E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc., New York, 1955
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. Octavo, boards. "The $400,000 ransom on a kidnapping case leaves Steve Conway, a copper, holding the bag- the empty suitcase in which the money was once hidden. Bounced off the force, deserted by his wife, Conway alone has to prove his innocence to his enemies as well as the police, while narcotics needlemark the solution through which he redeems himself and his new girl. Under the spell of "Spillane who insisted" there is the familiar contusion of flesh and violence." - Kirkus review, 6/1/55. Basinsky was a wartime friend of Mickey Spillane's who encouraged his writing. This is the first of his two novels. A nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with mild rubbing to edges and folds. (19719).
Published by Signet Books. New York: New American Library., 1956
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Paperback. first edition. 1286 near fine paperback,
Published by Dutton, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1955
Seller: MURDER BY THE BOOK, Warwick, RI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Ed. 1st edition, so stated. A near fine, tight copy with very light soiling, in dust jacket lightlly chipped at corners, lightly soiled, rubbed and sunned at spine, Inside rear flap lightly soiled.else a very good-near fine copy, not price clipped, $2.75 price intact, in protective mylar cover. AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. A cover blurb by Mickey Spillane , who had met two younger writers, Earle Basinsky and Charlie Wells, while in the service and who would become his protégés; each publishing two hardboiled-noir novels in the Spillane style in the early 1950s. Spillane's blurb "The kind of book I go for.". Book.
Published by GALLIMARD ., 1955
Couverture rigide. Condition: bon. R150107015: 1955. In-12. Relié. Bon état, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 183 pages. . . . Classification Dewey : 810-Littérature américaine.
Published by Dutton, New York, 1955
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. Owner name and shallow mechanical tear along the rear panel edge (affecting both book and jacket) else a near fine copy of the author's first book, featuring a blurb on the front cover by dedicatee Mickey Spillane. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.